From January 15th to 18th, 2026, the 13th Xiamen Winter Symposium was held. The symposium was hosted by the School of Life Sciences at Xiamen University and co-organized by Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co.,ltd. and the NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer and Metabolism.
The symposium, themed "Lipid Metabolism and Physiology," invited 23 top scholars from the United States, Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, and China to give invited lectures. Nearly 300 representatives from universities and research institutions in multiple countries attended the symposium. Sheng-Cai Lin, CAS Member, and Nam-Hai Chua, Foreign CAS Member and Fellow of the Royal Society, served as co-chairs of the symposium.
Professor Johan Auwerx from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, and Academician Sheng-Cai Lin from Xiamen University, respectively delivered keynote speeches titled "Cross-species genetics to map new players in metabolism and aging " and "Glucose sensing constitutes a cure within ".
Seven international scholars, including Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig from the University of Cambridge, UK, Academician Stephen G. Young from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Professor David E. Cohen from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA, Professor Evan D. Rosen from Harvard Medical School, USA, Professor Susan E. Carlson from the University of Kansas Medical Center, USA, Professor Catherine J. Field from the University of Alberta, Canada, and Academician Christian Wolfrum from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as well as 14 domestic scholars, including Academician Peng Li from Zhengzhou University and Academician Yulong Yin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS, gave invited lectures on four core topics: "Lipid Signaling Pathways and Metabolic Regulation", "Novel Signaling Pathways and Metabolic Regulation", "Novel Signaling Pathways and Metabolic Regulation" and "Hormonal Regulation and Inter-organ Crosstalk". They shared their cutting-edge research findings and engaged in in-depth discussions with the participants.
In addition, this symposium paid special attention to the growth of young scholars. Eleven outstanding young scholars were selected from the participants to give brief reports, and an academic poster presentation session was set up. Following expert evaluation, five "Excellent Poster Awards" were presented by Academician Sheng-Cai Lin.
The Xiamen Winter Symposium is an open and innovative high-end international academic platform that Xiamen University has been striving to build. Since its inception in 2011, it has held 13 sessions and invited more than 300 internationally renowned experts and scholars to give special lectures. The symposium has always adhered to the principle of "focusing on the frontier and promoting innovation", and each year it focuses on a central topic in biomedical science for discussion. It has played an important role in the academic exchange and development of China's life medicine disciplines and enjoys a good reputation in the international academic community.
